Sisters Club mentors freshmen girls

Every girl needs that group of friends to gossip with, ask awkward questions to and get some real girl advice from. Identifying this necessity, the new Sisters Club consists of upperclassmen who aid freshmen girls through their first year in high school.

Co-Presidents juniors Chloe Langston and Katie Virga established the Sisters Club at the beginning of this year. Of the 90 sign-ups obtained on Club Day, 22 were freshmen. The co-presidents said they were content with the new awareness for the incoming freshmen, remembering the awkward position of being the youngest students in a school that consists of 1750 students.

“When I was a freshman, I had my big sister at the high school when she was a senior, and she really helped me find my way around and taught me the ropes,” Chloe said. “A lot of my friends were confused and didn’t have big sisters, so [we] just wanted to provide any help for freshmen that need it.”

Chloe and Katie held high hopes for the start of their new club and the relationships between the “little sister” freshmen and “big sister” upperclassmen. The primary goal of the club was to create a “support-system” for the girls and to answer any questions, whether social or academic, that would make them more comfortable in a new school environment.

“I’m hoping to get independence and to be confident,” club member freshman Samantha Escamilla said.

On Wednesday, October 7, the club held its first meeting in room 309 to give a general overview of the club’s purpose and to meet new members. The board members also introduced the idea of community service to the group.

“We definitely want to do some form of community service,” Katie said. “In high school you do need community service hours, so we thought it would be a great idea to do it all together which makes it a lot more fun for the girls while bringing us closer together.”

After getting everyone’s input, the Sisters Club decided to look into community service opportunities at Pilgrim’s Haven and Hidden Villa.

The big sisters also decided on having regular meetings held outside of school to give members a chance to talk openly about any issues or concerns. The first club meeting will be held at Secretary junior Kelly Moulds’ house, where the girls will “do homework, socialize, eat food and just talk.”

“[I’m] hoping for advice on things [the big sisters] wished they had done to prepare for upperclassmen classes or even getting into college,” freshman Jessie Cook said.

Both Chloe and Katie anticipate a positive influence for both little sisters and big sisters in the club.

“We hope that the big sisters can learn leadership and feel good helping out the freshmen,” Chloe said. “We hope that we help the freshmen … have a really good experience so that when they will be sophomores, juniors and seniors that they will want to be big sisters.”